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SU 2014 RwS Completed Tasks - Summer 2014
20.6 - Unfinished:Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 6/7/14
This book is #16 on the linked list.
+20 task
+5 combo (10.2 - Sam and Marianne rated it 5-stars)
+10 Canon
Task total: 35
AtA Total: 0
RwS Total: 150
Grand Total: 150
20.6 - UnfinishedPoisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
+20 task (number 111 on list)
+10 combo (10.2 Katrina rated it 5 stars, 10.3 author born on April, 8, 1955)
+ 5 jumbo (book has 616 pages)
Task total: 35
Grand Total: 35
10.2 Highly ratedThe Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson
Melissa (and several others) rated it 5 starshttps://www.goodreads.com/group/show_...
Points this post:10
Total points:40
10.2 Highly RatedAsk the Passengers by A.S. King
=10 Task (Ashlee and Karen Michele rated it 5-stars)https://www.goodreads.com/group/show_...
Grand Total = 10 points
20.9 Fathers DayThe Splendor of Silence by Indu Sundaresan
+ 20 Task
+ 5 Combo 20.1 Author born in India
+ 10 Non Western Author
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 35
10.8 The 17th CenturyYear of Wondersby Geraldine Brooks
+ 10 Task
+ 5 Combo 10.2 Highly Rated by Lisa, Sally, Krista
+ 5 Combo 10.3 Baby Boomer. Author born in 1955
+ 5 Combo 10.4 Double Trouble. Brooks
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 60
Post 32 Coralie wrote: "10.7 Summer Celebrations:The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
+10 task (born August 22)
+5 combo (10.2 - Dave rated it 5 stars)
Task total: 15
Grand Total: 30"
I'm sorry, Coralie. This is a YA Assignment at BPL and has a Lexile of 740. No styles.
20.1 - TeaTitus Alone by Mervyn Peake
+20 (Peake born in China. Thanks Liz, I'd probably never have thought of this.)
+ 5 Combo (10.7 - born July 09, 1911)
+10 Canon (third book of Gormenghast trilogy)
Task total=35
Grand total=115
10.5 Sounds of Summer The Goldfinchby Donna Tartt Winner for Literary Fiction
+ 10 Task
+ 5 Combo 10.2 Highly Rated by Cindy Harp, Katy etc.
+ 5 Combo 10.3 Baby Boomer. Author born in 1963
+ 5 Combo 10.4 Double Trouble. Tartt
+ 5 Combo 10.9 Hot Off the Press. Jan 2013
+ 10 Jumbo Pages: 771
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 100
Post 48 Kazen wrote: "10.4 - Double TroubleThe One by Kiera Cass
+10 task (ss)
+5 combo (10.9 - published in 2014)
Task total: 15
Grand total: 15"
I'm sorry, Kazen. This is catalogued as YA at BPL and does not yet have a Lexile score. It is not eligible for styles at this time, but I have it on a list to continue checking throughout the challenge. Hopefully they will add it!
10.4 Double TroubleOrley Farm by Anthony Trollope
+10 Task
+10 Canon
+15 Jumbo (MPE 825 pgs)
Task Total = 35
Grant Total = 35
10.9 Hot off the PressSkin Game by Jim Butcher
+10 Task (published 2014)
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 55
10.3 Baby Boomers (1946-1964)It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
+10 Task (born 1948)
+10 Combo (10.2 - Connie N rated it 5 stars, 10.4 – phiLLips)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 75
Edited Post # 58, added 10 points for Non Western. Edited Posts # 59 & 62. Adjusted Grand Total Points in all three.
Grand Total after editing 100 points.
20.7 - Call and Response:Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier 6/8/14
I've already read The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters for RwS Summer 2014, set in Hundreds Hall, Warickshire, England. Jamaica Inn is set in Jamaica Inn, Cornwall, England. In both books, the eerie setting (the run-down mansion and the gloomy inn) is key to the tales of terror, madness, suicide, and murder. Approved by Jama in the task thread.
+20 task
+5 combo (10.2 - Mira, Rebekah, and Lisa rated it 5-stars)
+5 multiple
Task total: 30
AtA Total: 0
RwS Total: 180
Grand Total: 180
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "I'm sorry, Kazen. This is catalogued as YA at BPL and does not yet have a Lexile score. It is not eligible for styles at this time, but I have it on a list to continue checking throughout the challenge. "Eeeep, I totally forgot about that, my apologies! Don't worry too much about checking it - I highly doubt it will Lexile high enough to qualify. I'll adjust my own records accordingly, and sorry to increase your workload!
No problem, Kazen. I check every book not in our database, anyway, even mine (especially mine!). Mistakes can be made - and sometimes corrections that give us points instead of taking them away.
From Post 4Nick wrote: "This is my first time attempting anything besides the 15 point sub-challenge. Cross fingers.
10.1 Instant Replay
My favorite award, of this or any list, is the Nebula Award. I began this book a w..."
+5 Combo, this also qualifies for 10.3-author born in 1952.
From Post 17Katrina wrote: "10.1 Instant Replay Bailey's Prize 2014
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10"
+5 Combo 10.9-published 2013
From Post 28Heather wrote: "10.3 - born in 1963
Drowned Wednesday by Garth Nix
+10 task
+5 multiple
+5 combo (10.7- born July 19)
task total: 20
grand total: 90"
+5 Combo 10.2-Potjy rated this one 5*
From Post 33Coralie wrote: "20.6 :Unfinished
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
+20 task (#110 on list)
+5 combo (10.2 - Tien (among others) rated it 5 stars)
Task total: 25
Grand Total: 55"
+5 Combo 10.4-McCarthy
Natalie wrote: "20.6 - UnfinishedPoisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
+20 task (number 111 on list)
+10 combo (10.2 Katrina rated it 5 stars, 10.3 author born on April, 8, 1955)
..."
+5 Combo 20.8
10.9- Hot Off the PressClaire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat
+10 task
+ 5 multiple
+5 combo (10.2 Karen-Michele rated it 5 stars)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 70
10.9 Hot off the PressKamikaze Kangaroos!: An epic trip around Australia in a van called Rusty by Tony James Slater
Published in 2014
+10 task
Task total: 10
Grand total: 10
10.3 - born 1963Sir Thursday by Garth Nix
+10 task
+5 multiple
+5 combo (10.7- born July 19)
task total: 20
grand total: 140
10.3 - born 1963Lady Friday by Garth Nix
+10 task
+5 multiple
+5 combo (10.7- born July 19)
task total: 20
grand total: 160
Task 10.7 - author born in one of the "Summer months" -- June, July, or AugustJuan De Recacoechea
Born: in Bolivia : On: August 11, 1935
Andean Express (2000) by Juan De Recacoechea; translated by Adrian Althoff
+10 Task
+10 Non-Western Author
Task Total: 10 + 10 = 20
Grand Total: 15 + 20 = 35
Deedee wrote: "Task 10.7 - author born in one of the "Summer months" -- June, July, or AugustJuan De Recacoechea
Born: in Bolivia : On: August 11, 1935
Andean Express (2000) by ..."
+5 combo 20.9 - takes place on a day in 1952
10.5 Sound of SummerThe Martian by Andy Weir (nominated in the Science Fiction category)
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.2 ( by Ian Jones) and 10. 7 (https://www.goodreads.com/photo/user/...))
Task total: 20 points
Grand total: 20 points
10.8 17th CenturyGirl on the Golden Coin: A Novel of Frances Stuart by Marci Jefferson (option C: a novel about Frances Stuart, which takes place between 1661 and 1688)
+10 Task
+15 Combo (10.2 ( by Kimberley Sue), 10.4 (jeFFerson), 10.9 (published 2014))
Task total: 25 points
Grand total: 45 points
10.10 Group ReadsWaterland by Graham Swift
+10 pts - task
+10 pts - combo (10.2-Elizabeth, 10.4- b. 1949)
Task total - 20 pts
Grand Total - 95 pts
I wasn't sure if enough of it was in the correct time frame for 20.9
20.10 Austria-HungaryZlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo by Zlata Filipović
Task +20
Book Total: 20
Grand Total: 30
10.5 - Sounds of Summer:Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 6/9/14
This book was an Audie Finalist for Multi-Voiced Performance.
Lexile 780 - no style points
+10 task
Task total: 10
AtA Total: 0
RwS Total: 190
Grand Total: 190
Task 10.4 - Double Trouble: Read a book by an author whose surname has a double letter. The White Woman on the Green Bicycle (2009) by Monique Roffey
Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2010)
Elizabeth (Alaska) rated it 5 of 5 stars
+10 Task
+05 Combo (10.2 Highly rated)
Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15
Grand Total: 35 + 15 = 50
Monique Roffey was born in
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Not sure if she qualified for “Non-Western”
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monique_...
10.3 - born 1969Superior Saturday by Garth Nix
+10 task
+5 multiple
+5 combo (10.7- born July 19)
task total: 20
grand total: 180
10.3 - born 1969Lord Sunday by Garth Nix
+10 task
+5 multiple
+5 combo (10.7- born July 19)
task total: 20
grand total: 200
10.7 - born July 7, 1907Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
+10 task
task total: 10
grand total: 210
Cory Day wrote: "10.9 Hot off the PressSkin Game by Jim Butcher"
+5 combo 10.2 (Bossy rated it 5 stars)
Heather wrote: "10.3 - born 1969Superior Saturday by Garth Nix"
+5 combo 10.2 (Potjy rated it 5 stars)
Heather wrote: "10.7 - born July 7, 1907Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein"
+5 combo 10.2 (Don (The Book Guy) rated it 5 stars)
20.1 TeaThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Task : 20
+15 combo ( 10.2 - Anna, 10.3 - 24/11/61, 20.6 #143 )
Task Total : 35
Grand Total : 115
10.2 Highly-rated: Horoscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins
+10 Task: Rated 5 starts by Anika: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
+ 5 Combo: 10.4 Double Trouble: coLLins
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 25
10.3 Baby BoomersThe Hanged Man by Francesca Lia Block
+10 Task: Block born 1962: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesc...
+ 5 Combo:10.2 Highly-rated: Rated 5 stars by Elizabeth Stultz & Emily
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 40
10.4 Double Trouble: Ballistics by Billy Collins
+10 Task: coLLins
+ 5 Combo:10.2 Highly-rated: Rated 5 stars by Faith (and now by me, too)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 55
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+20 pts - Task
+20 pts - Combo (10.2-Krista,10.3-b.1951,10.5,10.9-2013)
+ 5 pts - Jumbo (509 pgs)
Task Total - 45 pts
Grand Total - 75 pts
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